About the job

Job summary

Have you considered a Civil Service career and the unparalleled opportunities it has to offer in a variety of significant roles with the potential to change the nation and people’s lives for the better?  Do you want to be a part of one of the world’s leading Defence organisations, offering a significant contribution towards the delivery of a wide-reaching and high priority of Defence support?  Join the Ministry of Defence and have a future that matters! Be Proud; Be Challenged; Be Unique.  An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Army Safety Group for the Assistant Head of Capability Safety!  This unique role provides assurance to the Head Capability Safety Operations and In-Service/Disposals Capabilities and the accountable person of the condition of the Safety Arguments within their Area of Responsibility, ensuring compliance to Statutory, Regulatory and Policy obligations.  As the Capability Safety Operations Grade 7 they will also be responsible for delivery of the Noise and Vibration working Group and deputising for the Head Capability Safety Operations in his absence. Do you want to know more?  Why not take a look at our website for more detail? This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Who we are looking for?

Do you have an understanding of Health & Safety? 

Are you an enthusiastic and positive person who wants a role that directly supports the safety within the Army?  Are you a versatile and organised individual who will drive the capability forward within the remit of Safety and Risk?

If you can answer yes to the questions above, then keep on reading as this role is for you!

We are looking for a motivated starter who will go the extra mile when considering the risk and safety within projects - someone who has demonstrable organisation skills and has experience in a diverse and fast-paced environment.  You will need practical experience and knowledge within a Safety Capability/Engineering role with a coherent leadership style, as you will be expected to engage and win agreement with internal and external Stakeholders.  

The successful candidate would need to demonstrate their ability to deliver against tight deadlines, excellent communication skills, both written and oral and have a good understanding of the Project Orientated Management System.  You will need to deliver at pace against a backdrop of uncertainty and continual change.  The ability to demonstrate leadership in diverse and high performing teams with the proven ability to empower/encourage a successful team ethos is a must for you to be successful in this role.  You will need to be proficient in MS Office

Does this sound like you? If so, then read on…….

Person specification

The overarching responsibility of this role is to ensure the Head of Capability Safety is supported in their delivery on projects and meets objectives set by Defence.  As well as this you would be expected to:

• Provide the day-to-day management of the Safety Delivery Teams (SDTs) A B & C within the Operations Branch, ensuring the Field Army have the appropriate support required, whilst recognising the Head of Capability Safety priorities.
• Provide Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) advice to stakeholders to ensure equipment operation and maintenance policy is compliant with UK law, MOD policy and the policy contained in the statement set out by the Secretary of State for Defence.
• Manage the assurance of Capability Safety management in accordance with ACSO 1201.
• Provide safety advice, support, and guidance to the Chain of Command on In-Service/Disposal equipment matters.
• Chair the Noise and Vibration Working Groups.
• Provide SME direction to the Land Exemptions Committee as a quorate committee member and to Army teams submitting non-compliance cases to the LEC.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Ideally the successful candidate will have a Safety Qualification – NEBOSH, MBA or MSC (or Equivalent) – or be willing to work towards these as well as these qualifications, it would be desirable for the following:

• Management of Risk Practitioner
• APMP Practitioner
• Level 4 in Health & Safety/Engineering (or Equivalent)

Knowledge of Land Systems Engineering, Engineering and Business Risk management is highly desirable but not essential.

Desirable Memberships include:

CMIOSH/Engineering Council (or Equivalent) – or willing to work towards these once in post.

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

A sound understanding of building functional and professional organisational capability alongside experience in working with a Project Orientated Management System.  You will also need the following qualifications that are essential to this role:

• A recognised Assurance qualification
• An Environmental Awareness qualification
• Experience of working in an assurance and Safety Delivery role is a must

Our people are our biggest asset, and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the Safety Capability of tomorrow!  

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,570 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

CV: Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Personal Statement: Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count 1000)

At Sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others

 

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.